Musics of Multicultural America

Name: Musics of Multicultural America
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ISBN: 9780028645858

ISBN-10: 0028645855

ISBN-13: 9780028645858

Edition: 1997

Authors: Kip Lornell, Anne K. Rasmussen

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This interdisciplinary text introduces the student to the diverse musical cultures that constitute America's musical landscape. Chapters cover twelve communities, from the West Indian steel drum bands of Brooklyn, to Mexican-American mariachi music. .

Book details

List price: $79.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 11/10/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 348
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Recorded Selections


Contributors



Music and Community in Multicultural America



Czech American Polka Music in Wisconsin



Klezmer Music: The First One Thousands Years



The Music of Arab Detroit: A Musical Mecca in the Midwest



"Pan Is We Ting": West Indian Steelbands in Brooklyn



Mexican Mariachi Music: Made in the U.S.A



Cultural Interaction in New Mexico as Illustrated in the Matachines Dance



Waila: The Social Dance Music of the Tohono O'odham



Triangles, Squares, Circles, and Diamonds: The "Fasola Folk" and Their Singing Tradition



The Memphis African American Sacred Quartet Community



Sansei Voices in the Community: Japanese American Musicians in California



Just being There: Making Asian American Space in the Recording Industry



Constructing Communities and Identities: Riot Grrrl New York City


Index